Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy...
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.362 Author/Creator: Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 19 January 1865 Pagination: 1 v. : 45 p. ; 22.4 x 14.4 cm. Order a Copy
Title continues, "...in Answer to a Resolution of the House of the 20th instant, transmitting report of Chief Engineer King, as also May, in relation to iron-clad vessels and dock-yards of Europe." Report submitted by Secretary of the Navy Welles to the House of Representatives. Report is the correspondence from Chief Engineer J.W. King. Contains five foldout maps between pages 26-27 of Keyham and Devonport, two of Cherbourg, Portsmouth, and the extension of Chatham Yard. Dated from the date it was ordered to be printed. Appears to have been pulled from a larger book.
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